Core expertise
Children’s rights
Human rights law
Construction law
Same-sex marriage
Biography
Paula a Professor in the Monash Law Faculty and an internationally renowned scholar with expertise in international human rights law generally, with a particular focus on children's rights and LGBTI rights. She developed the website antigaylaws.org to provide reliable and accurate information about the laws used to persecute LGBTI individuals around the world. As Founding Director of the Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, she is committed to fighting for equality and dignity for LGBTI persons in countries on our doorstep. There are still 20 Asia-Pacific countries where it is a crime to be gay, and Kaleidoscope works with local activists to change this.
Paula is passionate about children's rights, an area in which she researches, writes and teaches.